Some mocked Bernanke, but green shoots came. Those green shoots sprouted for three-fourths of a year between Q3 2009 and Q1 2010 with the economy growing at a true rate of 1.4% yearly. Before that moment, between Q4 2007 and Q3 2009, the economy had shrunk -19.2%, shrinking at a rate of -10.1% annually.

Then, those green shoots were trampled under foot. Between Q1 2010 and Q2 2010, the economy shrank -1.1%, effectively wiping out all of that green shoot growth as it shrank at a rate of -2.1%. On the heels of the quick trampling, the economy bounced back momentarily between Q2 2010 and Q3 2010, growing a scant 1.0% and at the annual rate of 2.0%.

And then came another big drop in the economy. Between the three years of Q3 2010 and Q2 2013, the economy shrank a massive -25.4%, shrinking at the yearly rate of -9.3%.

The economy saw a short-lived, half-year 1.5% growth between Q2 2013 and Q3 2013, growing at a yearly of 3.0%. This is likely why Obama took to bragging about his interference in commercial matters.

Since Q3 2013 until now, Q3 2014, the economy has shrank -6.9%, shrinking at a yearly rate of -5.6%.

Between Q4 2007 until now, the economy has shriveled by a whopping -42.5%, shriveling up at the yearly rate of -7.6%. This shrinking has brought Americans back to a President Ford era economy when True GDP came in at $1,369.95 trillion annualized at the end of Q3 1975 and $1,407.60 trillion annualized at the end of Q4 1975.

Rather than the earlier stalled recoveries, this one might be legit. Seeing True GDP stabilize might be a sign of a flattening bottom. And while the economy could chug along for a long time at this level, always there is hope for growth from a base.

It seems so unlikely for the economy to shrink much more than it has. At this point, I'd settle for a Reagan-era peak True GDP of $1,740.06 trillion annualized hit back in Q4 1984. Besides, I liked the 80s.

Enjoy!

To live between a rock and a hard placeIn between time Cruising in prime timeSoaking up the cathode raysTo live between the wars in our timeLiving in real timeHolding the good timeHolding on to yesterdaysYou know how that rabbit feelsGoing under your speeding wheelsBright images flashing byLike windshields towards a flyFrozen in the fatal climbBut the wheels of time Just pass you byWheels can take you aroundWheels can cut you downWe can go from boom to bustFrom dreams to a bowl of dustWe can fall from rockets' red glareDown to "Brother can you spare..."Another warAnother wastelandAnd another lost generationIt slips between your hands like waterThis living in real timeA dizzying lifetimeReeling by on celluloidStruck between the eyesBy the big-time worldWalking uneasy streetsHiding beneath the sheetsGot to try and fill the void